Program Officer, Affordable Housing & Impact Investing

Overview

Program Officer – Affordable Housing & Impact Investing

The Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation (RPDFF) is a private family foundation committed to advancing social justice, equity, and opportunity for communities that have been historically marginalized. The Foundation supports work at the intersection of affordable housing, criminal justice reform, and environmental justice. RPDFF uses a full range of philanthropic tools—including grantmaking, impact investing, and policy engagement—to advance community-centered solutions and shift systems toward greater fairness and resilience.

Guided by its values and a commitment to learning, partnership, and accountability, the Foundation works alongside grantees, practitioners, and field leaders to deploy capital in ways that support long-term, equitable outcomes.

About the Opportunity — The Foundation is seeking a Program Officer to lead its Affordable Housing Preservation work while contributing to the Foundation’s growing impact investing platform. This role is well-suited to experienced affordable housing practitioners, community development professionals, housing policy leaders, or impact investors interested in applying their real-world expertise in a philanthropic setting. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the Program Officer plays a leading role in advancing RPDFF’s affordable housing and community preservation goals while supporting the Foundation’s commitment to aligning 100% of its assets with its mission.

The role offers a unique opportunity to move from direct practice, investing, or policy work into a position that shapes strategy, deploys flexible capital, and contributes to field-wide learning. The Program Officer serves as the Foundation’s internal lead for Affordable Housing Preservation, overseeing grantmaking and strategy development focused on Community Land Trusts, tenant protections, and policy approaches that preserve and expand access to affordable housing—particularly in New Orleans and Los Angeles.

The role integrates grantmaking, field-building, policy engagement, and impact investing to support durable, community-centered housing outcomes.

The Program Officer also contributes to the design, execution, and management of RPDFF’s impact investing portfolio, using debt, equity, and guarantees to complement grantmaking and advance housing and other programmatic objectives. Candidates may come from affordable housing development, CDFIs, housing finance agencies, public-sector roles, or impact investment firms and are excited to translate applied experience into a foundation context.

• Lead its Affordable Housing Preservation work, overseeing grantmaking and strategy development focused on Community Land Trusts, tenant protections, and policy approaches that preserve and expand access to affordable housing—particularly in New Orleans and Los Angeles.
• Contribute to the design, execution, and management of RPDFF’s impact investing portfolio, using debt, equity, and guarantees to advance housing and other programmatic objectives.
• Coordinate with grantees, practitioners, and field leaders to deploy capital in ways that support durable, equitable outcomes.
• Collaborate with internal teams to align 100% of the Foundation’s assets with its mission.
• Engage in policy and field-building activities to advance affordable housing preservation and related objectives.

• Experienced affordable housing practitioners, community development professionals, housing policy leaders, or impact investors interested in applying real-world expertise in a philanthropic setting.
• Background in affordable housing development, CDFIs, housing finance agencies, public-sector roles, or impact investment firms.
• Ability to translate applied experience into a foundation context and work across grantmaking, policy engagement, and impact investing.

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